Word: lines
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...groups might pretend that they encourage open dialogue, their behavior suggests they want anything but. Rather than solicit other opinions they have polarized the issues. By holding separate vigils to mourn the dead and organizing competing rallies to assert their own opinions, these two groups have drawn a bold line between their two sides. Debate consists of yelling back and forth between the two. The average student, with murky, undecided opinions, is afraid to join...
Newport, however, contends that his line of work does interest the public, whether or not it actually affects how people vote...
...Bush hits back on Gore's Social Security criticism about Bush's two trillion-dollar promises. Evidence? A one-word quote from the WSJ - "nonsense" - and a scornful comparison of the whole line of attack to Al's anecdote about his mother-in-law and the dog with arthritis. A Gore-is-a-liar ad, dressed up as a defense of policy. Beats details...
...such a politically charged atmosphere, where they were liable to be interpreted as partisan attacks rather than actual calls for reform. The death penalty system in Texas--and across the nation--is broken, and regardless of the political winds, there is an urgent need to end the assembly line of executions...
...They're also in charge of Congress, as Speaker wannabe Dick Gephardt was all too happy to point out. "This is not a do-nothing Congress, this is a dysfunctional Congress," Gephardt said afterward, tossing in a "they're beholden to special interests" line just to make sure everybody got the point...